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Mary Ruffolo and Adrienne Lapidos Receive Award from Michigan Department of Community HealthAssociate Professor Mary Ruffolo and Adrienne Lapidos, Program Coordinator for the Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care received an award for an evaluation project. The project evaluates the integrated behavioral health and primary care learning community model established by the Department of Community Health to facilitate public behavioral health sites and primary health care sites in the state in implementing integrated care models. The evaluation involves assessing progress on the learning community tasks and goals, examining the degree by which participating sites are moving toward integration of physical and behavioral health services for adults living with serious mental health or substance abuse disorders and chronic physical health illnesses.
- January 17, 2014
- Emily Nicklett and Mike Spencer's article is the Gerontological Society of America Editor's Choice
Assitant Professor Emily Nicklett and Assoicate Dean Mike Spencer's article "Direct Social Support and Long-term Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" was selected as editor's choice by the Gerontological Society of America. The study examined whether or not direct social support is associated with long-term health among middle-aged and older adults with diabetes mellitus.
- January 17, 2014
Mieko Yoshihama's PhotoVoice Exhibit on NHK Japanese TVProfessor Mieko Yoshihama's PhotoVoice Exhibit is on NHK Japanese TV and is also on the home page of the Center for Japanese Studies. The overall goal of the PhotoVoice project is to strengthen the disaster response policies and practices in Japan (and beyond) by engaging the very women affected by the disasters in the analyses of societal conditions and collective efforts to address them.
- January 17, 2014
- David Cordova and Laura Moynihan (MSW student) Published an Editorial in the "Journal of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism"
Assistant Professor David Cordova, Laura Moynihan (MSW student) and Nicole Waller, (MPH student) published " Preventing Substance Abuse and HIV among Adolescents in a Primary Care Setting" in the Journal of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism.
- January 16, 2014
- Desmond Patton Discusses Gangs with the Metrotimes
Assistant Professor Desmond Patton is quoted in "How Do You Tell When a Gang is a Gang?" published in the MetroTimes.
- January 15, 2014
- Emily Nicklett appointed to the 2014-2015 Native Investigator Development Program
Assistant Professor Emily Nicklett was appointed to the 2014 - 2015 Native Investigator Development Program where she will research psychosocial determinants of diabetes outcomes among native elders.
- January 13, 2014
Larry Grant Published in Third Edition of Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing ClientsProfessor Larry Gant's manuscript "Assessment and Treatment of Drug-Using Individuals with HIV/AIDS" was published in the Third edition of Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients.
- January 10, 2014
David Cordova Published in Ethnicity and HealthAssistant Professor David Cordova's manuscript, "“They Don’t Look at What All Affects Us”: The Role of Ecodevelopmental Factors on Alcohol and Drug Use among Latinos with Physical Disabilities" is published in Ethnicity and Health.
- January 10, 2014
Daniel Saunders Cited in Grand Accomplishments in Social WorkProfessor Daniel Saunders is cited in “Grand Accomplishments in Social Work,” published by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, for his experimental comparison of interventions for men who batter.
- January 6, 2014
Shawna Lee's Research Sited on Council & Heal WebsiteAssistant Professor Shawna Lee's research on spanking is sited on the Council & Heal website. The findings revealed that spanking exacerbated aggressive behavior in children. Her article, "Does Warmth Moderate Longitudinal Associations Between Maternal Spanking and Child Aggression in Early Childhood?" is published in the journal Developmental Psychology.
- December 11, 2013